remission
     n 1: an abatement in intensity or degree (as in the
          manifestations of a disease); "his cancer is in
          remission" [syn: {remittal}, {subsidence}]
     2: a payment of money sent to a person in another place [syn: {remittance},
         {remittal}, {remitment}]
     3: (law) the act of remitting (especially the referral of a law
        case to another court) [syn: {remitment}, {remit}]
     4: the act of absolving or remitting; formal redemption as
        pronounced by a priest in the sacrament of penance [syn: {absolution},
         {remittal}, {remission of sin}]
Source: WordNet® 2.0